Galway North (Dáil constituency)
# Galway North (Dáil constituency)

Galway North was a parliamentary constituency represented in Dáil Éireann, the lower house of the Irish parliament or Oireachtas from 1948 to 1961. The constituency elected 3 deputies (Teachtaí Dála, commonly known as TDs) to the Dáil, on the system of proportional representation by means of the single transferable vote (PR-STV).

## History

The constituency was created under the Electoral (Amendment) Act 1947 for the 1948 general election to Dáil Éireann. It was abolished under the Electoral (Amendment) Act 1961, when the three existing Galway constituencies were replaced by the two new constituencies of Galway East and Galway West.

## Boundaries

The administrative county of Galway except the portion thereof which was comprised in the County Constituencies of Galway West and Galway South.

## TDs

Teachtaí Dála (TDs) for Galway North 1948–1961 :

| Key to parties  FF = Fianna Fáil  CnaT = Clann na Talmhan  FG = Fine Gael ||||||||
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Dáil | Election | Deputy (Party) | Deputy (Party) | Deputy (Party) | Deputy (Party) | Deputy (Party) | Deputy (Party) |
| 13th | 1948 | | Mark Killilea Snr (FF) | | Michael F. Kitt (FF) | | Michael Donnellan (CnaT) |
| 14th | 1951 | | Mark Killilea Snr (FF) | | James Hession (FG) | | Michael Donnellan (CnaT) |
| 15th | 1954 | | Mark Killilea Snr (FF) | | James Hession (FG) | | Michael Donnellan (CnaT) |
| 16th | 1957 | | Mark Killilea Snr (FF) | | Michael F. Kitt (FF) | | Michael Donnellan (CnaT) |
| 17th | 1961 | Constituency abolished. See Galway East and Galway West | Constituency abolished. See Galway East and Galway West | Constituency abolished. See Galway East and Galway West | Constituency abolished. See Galway East and Galway West | Constituency abolished. See Galway East and Galway West | Constituency abolished. See Galway East and Galway West |

Note: The columns in this table are used only for presentational purposes, and no significance should be attached to the order of columns. For details of the order in which seats were won at each election, see the detailed results of that election.

